Vowel Raising Without a Trigger: pretonic mid-vowels in the Northwest of São Paulo State
This paper investigates the variable phonetic and phonological phenomenon of vowel raising of pretonic mid-vowels in medial context in the variety spoken in the Northwest of São Paulo State, e.g. m[i]lhor (‘better’/‘best’) and c[u]lega (‘mate’). This work focuses on vowel raising without a trigge...
Main Authors: | Márcia Cristina do CARMO, Valeska Gracioso CARLOS |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
2019-08-01
|
Series: | Signum: Estudos da Linguagem |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/37298/27477 |
Similar Items
-
MID PRETONIC VOWELS IN THE SPEECH OF SOUTHEAST REGION: A GEO-SOCIOLINGUISTIC OVERVIEW
by: Fabiane de Mello Vianna da ROCHA, et al.
Published: (2015-06-01) -
Gradient and categorical assimilation of pretonic vowels in Brazilian Portuguese
by: Magnun Rochel Madruga, et al.
Published: (2020-11-01) -
Vowel fronting, raising, and backing in Luzon and north-central Sulawesi
by: Jason William Lobel
Published: (2021-05-01) -
Vowel harmony and positional variation in Kyrgyz
by: Adam G. McCollum
Published: (2020-12-01) -
Vowel systems of the Chibchan languages
by: Haakon S. Krohn
Published: (2021-07-01)